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F. RIEWE HAND GRAPPLES Filed July 29, 1925 Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES FRED RIEWE, OF POTTSVILLE, TEXAS.

HAND GRAPPLES.

Application filed July 29, 1925. I Serial No. 46,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED BIEWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pottsville, in the county of Hamilton and State of 6 Texas have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Grapples, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hand grapples adapted to be used for seizing branches of 1 trees and other similar objects; andit consists of a spring device formed of a single piece of wire and provided with gripping jaws having a guard as hereinafter fully clescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a grapple constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is also a side view but shows the grapple turned one-quarter around from the position shown in Fig. 1. 2 Fig. 3 is a cross-section, from below, taken on the line 3, 3 in Fig. 1.

The grapple is formed of a continuous piece ofspring wire, and has two opposed arms 5 and 6, crossed at their upper parts,

and united by a spring loop or coil 7 at their lower parts. 6

One arm 5 has a curved jaw 8 at its free end, and the wire is preferably flattened at the outer part of this jaw. The other arm 6 has a similar curved jaw formed of two parts 9 and 10 having a space 12 between them. The part 10 is bent over from the tip of the part 9 and arranged parallel to it, and is provided with a guard 14 at its free end which projects crosswise of the arm 5.

. The jaw 8 is arranged opposite the space 12, and the arm 6 and the guard 14 form guides for the arm 5 when the jaws are separated by the pressure of the hand gripping the lower parts of the arms. The device is used in orchards, and is very desirable for use 1n budding pecan trees and it'may be used for many other purposes. 1 The dotted lines 15in the drawings represent a branch of a tree or other object to be grasped.

The jaws are sprung apart by hand, and the jaws are pushed over the object until the guard strikes it. The guard 142 positions the jaws with relation to the branch or other object, and the object is seized by-the jaws when the pressure of the hand on the arms is released. The tips of the jaws bear against each other when the grapple is not muse.

What I claim is: I

A hand grapple, comprising a pair of op- V posed spring arms, one arm having a curved gripping jaw at its free end formed 00 of two arcuate parts spaced apart and arranged parallel to each other, one of the said parts being provided with an extension which projects crosswise of the other arm, and the other arm being arranged opposite the space between the said arcuate parts and. being provided with a curved gripping jaw having its free end portion flattened to overlap the said ar'cuate parts.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

FRED RTEWE. 

